Apologies

❃ Apologies

සමාවෙන්න, මට ප්‍රශ්නයක් තියෙනවා
[ samāvenna, maṭa praśnayak tiyenavā ]

Excuse me, I have a question

මට ගොඩක් සමාවෙන්න
[ maṭa goḍak samāvenna ]

I am really sorry

ඒක මගේ වරද
[ ēka magē varada ]

It's my fault

තරහ වෙන්න එපා
[ taraha venna epā ]

Don't be angry

කිසි ප්‍රශ්නයක් නෑ
[ kisi praśnayak nǣ ]

It's not a problem at all

පොඩ්ඩක් මට සමාවෙන්න
[ poḍḍak maṭa samāvenna ]

Please excuse me for a moment

මම ඒක උවමනාවෙන් කළේ නෑ
[ mama ēka uvamanāven kaḷē nǣ ]

I didn't do it on purpose

පරක්කු වුණාට සමාවෙන්න
[ parakku vuṇāṭa samāvenna ]

Sorry for being late

සමාවෙන්න, මට යන්න ඉඩ දෙන්න
[ samāvenna, maṭa yanna iḍa denna ]

Excuse me, let me pass

සමාවෙන්න, මට වැරදුණා
[ samāvenna, maṭa væraduṇā ]

Sorry, I made a mistake

ඒක ගැන හිතන්න එපා
[ ēka gæna hitanna epā ]

Don't worry about it

සමාවෙන්න, ඔයා මොකක්ද කිව්වේ?
[ samāvenna, oyā mokakda kivvē? ]

Pardon me, what did you say?

මට ඔයාගේ වෙලාව පොඩ්ඩක් දෙන්න පුළුවන්ද?
[ maṭa oyāgē velāva poḍḍak denna puḷuvanda? ]

Can you give me a little of your time?

සමාවෙන්න, මේ තැන කොහේද?
[ samāvenna, mē tæna kohēda? ]

Excuse me, where is this place?

කරදර කළාට සමාවෙන්න
[ karadara kaḷāṭa samāvenna ]

Sorry to bother you

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